I usually consider it my patriotic duty to watch the President’s State of the Union Address. I couldn’t this time. Tell me about it.
I usually consider it my patriotic duty to watch the President’s State of the Union Address. I couldn’t this time. Tell me about it.
The British newspaper The Guardian pulls together a number of books that are criticizing our brave new cyber-world: The way in which people frantically communicate online via Twitter, Facebook and instant messaging can be seen as a form of modern madness, according to a leading
A suicide bomber set himself off at the Moscow airport in an area where people wait for arriving passengers, killing 35 and wounding 180. So now security experts are trying to figure out how to implement security measures at ticket counters, baggage claim areas, and
Lynette Tedlund, a.k.a. the commenter on this blog known as “Booklover,” wrote a piece for her local newspaper on the topic “My First Job.” Her first job, along with her sisters, was organist for her church. Here is what she learned from that experience: Aside from
What the big chain bookstores did to the mom & pop shops, Amazon.com is doing to the big chain bookstores. At least Borders, which may be in its death throes. (Barnes & Noble is hanging in there.) Border’s woes are not just the internet. The
Yesterday was the annual March for Life in our nation’s capital: Thousands of bundled-up abortion opponents rallied Monday on the Mall, encouraged by recent federal and state GOP wins and hopeful about proposed measures that would further tighten bans on federal funding for abortions.The Youth
Both of the division championship games were surprisingly alike. One team absolutely dominated in the first half, but then in the second half the other team showed life and came within striking distance. But the Packers from Green Bay, Wisconsin (pop. 100,353) defeated the Bears
Michael Gerson asks, “Why, other than upbringing, should we be civil in the first place?” He cites two different and competing reasons: In the Western tradition, one answer has been rooted in epistemology – the limits of knowledge. Citizens, in this view, should not be
Democrats are saying that the Republican attempt to repeal Obamacare would add to the deficit. Saying that our only hope of controlling the deficit is to have health care reform, they cite numbers from the non-partisan Congressional Budget. Charles Krauthammer exposes the way the
Chinese kids are so successful, says Amy Chua (who also wrote a book on the subject), because their mothers are willing to browbeat, shame, and control their children in the pursuit of perfection. And, she argues, this is a good thing. Chinese parents can get
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